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2008–09 WNBL Season
The 2008–09 WNBL season was the 29th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2008 and March 2009, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2009. Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC. ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia. Molten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel. Team standings Finals Season award winners Statistics leaders References # https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL Women's National Basketball League seasons, 2007-08 2008–09 in Australian basketball 2008–09 in women's basketball leagues, Aus 2009 in Australian women's sport, basketbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). History Founding of the WNBL In August 1980, West Adelaide Bearcat Coach Ted Owens (basketball), Ted Powell, after an encouraging exchange of letters with St Kilda'Coach Bill Palmer called a meeting at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide. In attendance were Ted, North Adelaide Coach Kay McFarlane and Noarlunga Coach Brendan Flynn. At this meeting it was decided to approach three Victorian teams (St Kilda, CYMS and Nunawading) with the idea of forming a home and away Interstate Competition. The six teams' delegates all met and confirmed the new League at the Town and Country Motel in Sydney during the 1980 Australian Club Championships. The meeting resolved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
The Women's National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given to the best player of the Grand Final. Since 2014, the award has been known as the Rachael Sporn Medal, named after Adelaide's most recognised and successful WNBL player, Rachael Sporn, also a twice winner of the award.Nagy, Boti (March 5, 2014)''Rachael Sporn Medal the new award for WNBL grand final Most Valuable Player'' The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-01-31. Lauren Jackson has won the award four times, while Kelsey Griffin has won the award three times. Winners Multi-time winners See also *NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the league's inaugural season to the best performing player of the Grand Final series. The winner receives the Larr ... References External links {{WNBL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deanna Smith
Deanna Smith (born 24 December 1980) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. She played the majority of her career in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), winning two WNBL championships and earning three WNBL All-Star Five honours. She also played wheelchair basketball in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL), becoming the first player to play in both the WNBL and WNWBL. Early life Smith was born in Bendigo, Victoria. She represented Country Victoria at U16 (1995) and U18 (1996 and 1997) Australian Junior Championships, winning in 1996 and 1997 and captaining in 1997. She was All Australian in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Professional career WNBL and Europe Smith debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in 1996 with the Melbourne Tigers. She subsequently played the next three seasons with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), where she won the 1999 WNBL championship. For the 1999–2000 WNBL season, she joined the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Pardon
Lisa Pardon (born 22 May 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a basketball player for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team. She currently plays for the Bulleen Boomers Geelong United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Geelong, Victoria. United compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at Geelong Arena. Beginning as the Bulleen Boomers in 1984, the ... women's basketball team, and was acknowledged as having the Best 3-point Shooting Percentage in the WNBL for the 2008/09 season. References 1982 births Living people New Zealand women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Auckland Olympic basketball players for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Cambage
Elizabeth Folake "Liz" Cambage ( ; born 18 August 1991) is a British-born Australian professional basketball player for the Sichuan Yuanda of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She won the Women's National Basketball League in 2011 and 2014 and the Women's Chinese Basketball Association championship in 2024. Cambage currently shares the WNBA single-game scoring record with A'ja Wilson, with her 53-point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018. She played for the Australia national team, the Opals, between 2009 and 2021, winning a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver in the 2018 World Cup, and bronze in the 2012 Olympics. Early life Cambage was born on 18 August 1991 in London to a Nigerian father and Australian mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and she moved to Australia with her mother. First settling in Eden in New South Wales, the family moved to Melbourne when Cambage was 10 years of age and later the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Crouse
Jennifer Crouse (born May 23, 1977) is an American retired professional basketball player. Career College In college, Crouse attended University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, playing for the Fighting Sioux (It was controversially named Fighting Sioux at the time) in NCAA Division II. Whilst completing her degree in 2001, Crouse would remain on board as the Assistant Coach of the UND Women's basketball team. Until she decided to pursue her professional career in Australia. WNBA After her college career, Crouse was signed by the Phoenix Mercury for the 1999 WNBA season. However, she was waived one month later. The following year, Crouse was invited to the Miami Sol's training camp before the 2000 WNBA season. Crouse was released before the season began. Europe After completing her years with the Fighting Sioux, Crouse then travelled to Barcelona, Spain, signing with CB Santa Rosa de Lima for the 1999–2000 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto season. After a season in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristi Harrower
Kristi Harrower (born 4 March 1975) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player. She was a decorated player with the Australian Opals, winning three silver medals and one bronze medal at four Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1998 to 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx. Early life Harrower hometown is Bendigo. Playing career Early years and profile Harrower played as a point guard was listed as and . Harrower attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a scholarship in 1992 and 1993. At the 1994 Australian Under-20 national championships, Harrower won the Bob Staunton Award. Professional Harrower played professional basketball for over twenty years. WNBA Harrower entered the WNBA as an undrafted player. Her first team she played with was the Phoenix Mercury, whom she signed with before the start of the 1998 season. In her two seasons with the team, she played in 62 games. She joined th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop (born 29 November 1988) is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 2005 and 2025 for the Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team), Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra Capitals, Dandenong Rangers, Adelaide Lightning, Townsville Fire and Southside Flyers. She played three seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), winning a WNBA Finals, WNBA championship in 2010 with the Seattle Storm. She was a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal life Bishop was born on 29 November 1988 in Booleroo, South Australia. She is tall, and was featured in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)'s 2009 league calendar. In August 2013, Bishop took custody of her two-day-old niece, Zala Kate Bishop. Basketball Bishop is a tall forward. In 2008, she was featured as a basketball star on myFiba. Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBL Top Shooter Award
The WNBL Leading Scorer Award is an annual Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the Na ... (WNBL) statistical award given since the 1981 WNBL season. The Leading Scorer is determined by the player with the highest average points per game, throughout the regular season. To be eligible, players must have played in at least 50% of games played in the season. From 1981 to 2020, this award was previously known as the ''Top Shooter Award''. Winners See also * WNBL Leading Rebounder Award * WNBL Golden Hands Award * WNBA Peak Performers * WNBL Most Valuable Player Award * All-WNBL Team References {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL Leading Scorer Award Leading Scorer Awards established in 1981 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Chambers
Cheryl Chambers (born 18 April 1968) is an Australian basketball coach and retired professional basketball player. She currently is head coach for the Southside Flyers in the WNBL. Career WNBL Chambers played 261 games in the Women's National Basketball League (playing for the Melbourne East, Coburg, Bulleen Boomers and Melbourne Tigers) and is a Life Member of the WNBL. After her playing career, Chambers went on to coach the Bulleen Boomers from 2001 through to 2009. In her time there, she won the WNBL Coach of the Year Award twice in 2004–05 and 2008–09 respectively. Following on from stints with Australia's U-19 national team, Knox Raiders in the SEABL and an assistant coach position back with the Melbourne Boomers under Guy Molloy, Chambers returned to the league after an eight-year hiatus from a head coaching role. During her time in Sydney, Chambers would win a WNBL Championship and again take home the WNBL Coach of the Year. In 2019, Chambers signed as head coach t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBL Coach Of The Year Award
The WNBL Coach of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the Na ... (WNBL) award given since the 1987 WNBL season. Winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL Coach of the Year Award Coach Basketball coaching awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Poto
Alicia Poto (born 28 March 1978) is an Australian basketball player. She has played in the Women's National Basketball League for the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Uni Flames. After a contract with a Czech basketball team fell through, she played basketball in Siberia. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a medal with them at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was considered for the 2008 and 2012 national teams to compete at the Olympics but did not make the final squads selected for the Games. Personal Alicia Poto, nicknamed Potsy, was born on 28 May 1978. She is tall. In 2009, she was recovering from a hamstring injury. Basketball Poto is a guard. She specialised as a point guard. Europe Alicia Poto was offered and accepted a first European contract with Hungarian professional club Sopron in 1999. It was for a net salary of AUD60,000 for a nine-month stint, several multiples larger than the best offer she received from the Sydn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
